The Minnesota Twins have announced that High-A Cedar Rapids right-handed pitcher Marco Raya and Triple-A St. Paul catcher/first baseman Chris Williams as their minor league Pitcher and Player of the Week for week eleven.
Marco Raya was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 4th round of the 2020 MLB June Amateur Draft from United South HS in Laredo, Texas. Raya was committed to Texas Tech but signed with Minnesota instead for $410,000 according to MLB. Raya signed in 2020 but spent all of 2021 on the injured list with various injuries and didn’t throw his first pitch in a pro game until 2022. Raya has had one visit to the IL this season. MLB Pipeline has Raya as the Twins 6th best prospect. Go here of more info on Raya.
Raya, 20, made one start for the Kernels on Friday vs. South Bend, allowing one run on two hits in 3.0 innings pitched, with no walks and six strikeouts. Raya also had a 46% whiff rate. Seems the Twins have a close watch on his pitch count, he has not gone more than four innings in any game. B-R Game logs for 2023
Chris Williams was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 8th round of the 2018 MLB June Amateur Draft from Clemson University (Clemson, SC). Williams signed with the Twins for just $10,000.
Williams, 26, hit .467 (7-for-15) with six home runs, 14 RBI, five walks, a .600 on-base percentage, a 1.667 slugging percentage and a 2.267 OPS for the Saints. This season the right-handed hitting Williams has a slash line of .281/.386/.595. Williams is a 1B/C but has caught only 5 games for the Saints this season.
